Third Depression: Barriers to Recovery
A lot stands in the way of returning to pre-collapse employment levels in the USA.
A lot stands in the way of returning to pre-collapse employment levels in the USA.
The Supreme Court resolved a 100+ year old Constitutional ambiguity today, but the legal issues surrounding gun control remain as murky as ever.
The federation governing international soccer joins a long list of international institutions — NATO, the G-8, the UN Security Council, and the EU come readily to mind — that need to be brought into the 21st century.
President Obama’s powers of persuasion were severely lacking at the G-20 Summit this weekend.
As Elena Kagan’s confirmation hearings begin, Senate Republican’s seem to have very little to hold against her.
Brilliant, funny TED Talk about the disconnect between cost and effectiveness.
“It’s illogical to hunt a species to extinction.” – Spock
Contrary to popular belief, Adolf Hitler didn’t come to power by democratic means or because of his ability to whip the public into a frenzy.
Are new war strategies putting too much strain on commanders in the field ?
San Francisco’s gay pride parade celebrates its 40th anniversary with Nancy Pelosi, the Backstreet Boys, and some dudes riding bike’s nekkid.
How effective is Kevin Costner’s oil separator? It depends who you ask.
The UNODC has released the latest World Drug Report. Shockingly, there are a lot of drugs out there and a lot of money to made trafficking in them.
Press can assert all he wants that his call to suppress Beck’s rights “has nothing to do with freedom of speech,” but that’s transparent hokum.
Magazines routinely run great pieces by highly biased writers. Why can’t newspapers do the same?
A comedian’s farcical run for mayor of Reykjavik ended in victory. It’s as if Stephen Colbert’s 2008 presidential bid had worked. Or Al Franken got elected to the Senate!
The European drive — led by Germany, naturally — to tighten spending to get their fiscal house in order and the Obama administration’s insistence on Keynesian stimulus will make for tense negotiations at the G20 Summit.
Does it matter if the controversial McChrystal comments were “off the record” ? No, it doesn’t.
Senator Jon Kyl is distancing himself from earlier comments that he made accusing the President of holding border security “hostage.”
Despite repeated promises to the contrary, the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay will be remaining open indefinitely.
CNN is launching a debate program featuring one host from the Left and another from the Right. Why not call it “Crossfire”?
A roundup of some of the more intelligent commentary on the Big Picture issues in the brouhaha of the day.
The legendary food police are going after Ronald McDonald and his Happy Meals.
Do journalists have any expectation of privacy in their emails?
In an honest system Rod Blagojevich would be living in a packing crate on Lower Wacker Drive.
If you’re reading this at the office, are you stealing from your boss?
Are the majority of illegal immigrants drug-runners? Arizona Governor Jan Brewer thinks so.